in new jersey, we have matching funds for governor. on the gubernatorial level, there is funding where, if you raise a certain threshold, $350,000, the state will match two two for one. all of a sudden you have a million dollars. if you can reach a certain threshold in terms of the ability to demonstrate that you can raise a certain amount of money, you can become viable pretty quick. even in the christi general election, christy had about $11 million. it really is a lot more than most campaigns get in new jersey on a senate race. but that gets to the point of being able to get your message out. but you really need to hit the neighborhood of about $10 million to get your message out. so it gives canada is the ability to get to the threshold level. -- so it gives candidates the ability to get to the threshold level. >> and cannot tell you how much time candidates spend fundraising. when he first retired, the reason he wanted to retire was because he had to raise $12 million. when you look at his schedule for the year, a year before and